Various Artists - True Bluegrass

Title: True Bluegrass Artist: Various Artists Release Date: 2002 Re-Released On: 4/9/2002 Label: Rounder Album Type(s): Various artists collection, Greatest Hits UPC: 011661161528 Genre: Country Styles: Gospel, Progressive Bluegrass, Traditional Bluegrass, Old-Timey, Progressive Country, Traditional Folk, Contemporary Country, Bluegrass, String Bands, New Traditionalist, Instrumental Country, Contemporary Folk, Contemporary Bluegrass, Bluegrass-Gospel, Neo-Traditional Folk Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 2 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1

1. Leavin' :: Tasty Licks
2. Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day :: Boone Creek
3. The Old Swinging Bridge :: Ted Lundy, Southern Mountain Boys
4. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling Me :: New England Bluegrass Boys, Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys
5. Sally Goodin :: Butch Robins
6. Cabin on a Mountain :: Vern Williams Band
7. Lorene :: The Bluegrass Cardinals
8. I'm Leaving Detroit :: Southern Grass
9. To Hell With the Land :: Phyllis Boyens
10. Sleepy-Eyed John :: Frank Wakefield
11. Letters Have No Arms :: The Spruce Mountain Boys
12. This World's No Place to Live In (But It's Home) :: Buzz Busby, Leon Morris
13. Home Is Where the Heart Is :: Backwoods Boys
14. Will the Roses Bloom Again? :: East Virginia
15. Montana Cowboy :: Hazel Dickens, Alice Gerrard
16. Banjo Bounce :: Allen Shelton
17. Midnight on the Stormy Deep :: The Tony Rice Unit
18. God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign [#] :: The Lilly Brothers
19. Who Done It? :: Allen Brothers
20. Heaven :: The Bailey Brothers
21. Crying Holy :: New South
22. Orange Blossom Special :: Blaine Sprouse

Year Type Label Catalog # 2002 CD Rounder 116 611 615-2

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Like its companion volume (Bluegrass Mountain Style), this compilation offers 22 tracks of classic bluegrass culled from the enviably deep Rounder catalog, but unlike the other album, this one focuses mainly on strictly traditional material and performances, with only a couple of departures into progressive territory. There are great contributions from Joe Val & the New England Bluegrass Boys, whose "I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling" remains one of the most thrilling of a long list of brilliant performances from the Bailey Brothers to the the Lilly Brothers, whose "God Gave the Noah the Rainbow Sign" is presented here in a previously unreleased version. In this context, the Bluegrass Cardinals' relatively slick "Lorene" and Allen Shelton's rockabilly-flavored "Banjo Bounce" both sound a bit out of place, but not in a bad way. As with Bluegrass Mountain Style, this one should probably be sold at mid-price, but there's no arguing with the quality of the material. ~ Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Name Credits Al Jones Guitar, Vocals Alice Gerrard Vocals, Guitar Allen Brothers Performer Allen Shelton Banjo Bea Lilly Guitar, Tenor (Vocal) Bebe Lofton Guitar, Tenor (Vocal) Béla Fleck Banjo, Baritone (Vocal) Billy Baker Fiddle Blaine Sprouse Fiddle Bob Paisley Guitar, Vocals, Tenor (Vocal) Bobby Slone Bass Boone Creek Performer Buddy Davis Vocals, Mandolin Butch Robins Performer, Banjo Buzz Busby Mandolin, Vocals Charles A. Bailey II Vocals, Mandolin Charles Everett Lilly Mandolin, Vocals Charlie Bailey Mandolin, Vocals Charlie Collins Guitar Clarence "Tater" Tate Fiddle Connie Gately Baritone (Vocal), Guitar Country Cooking Band Dan Paisley Guitar, Vocals Danny Bailey Vocals, Guitar, Tenor (Vocal) Dave Dillon Vocals, Guitar David McLaughlin Mandolin David Parmley Guitar, Vocals Delbert Williams Vocals, Guitar Diane Wanek Design Dick Staber Mandolin, Baritone (Vocal) Don Parmley Banjo, Vocals Don Stover Baritone (Vocal), Banjo Dr. Toby Mountain Mastering Dudley Connell Guitar Earl Grigsby Bass Earl Yager Bass East Virginia Performer Ed Ferris Bass Ed Neff Fiddle Eddie Stubbs Fiddle Emmylou Harris Baritone (Vocal) English P. Jr. "Jake" Tullock Bass, Fiddle Eric Levenson Bass Frank Necessary Banjo, Vocals Frank Wakefield Arranger, Mandolin Fred Gately Bass Greg Allen Banjo, Vocals Harley Allen Tenor (Vocal), Guitar Harold Smith Mandolin Harold Smith & the Majestics Mandolin Harry Smith Author Hazel Dickens Tenor (Vocal), Bass J.D. Crowe Banjo, Baritone (Vocal) Jack Tottle Mandolin, Vocals James "Son" Thomas Bass Jerry Douglas Dobro Jerry Lundy Fiddle Jesse McReynolds Mandolin Jim Brock Bass, Fiddle Jimmy D. Brock Bass Joe Drumright Mandolin, Banjo Joe Val Mandolin, Vocals Joe Val & The New England Bluegrass Boys Performer John Davis Bass John Haftl Mandolin, Baritone (Vocal) John Miller Bass Keith Little Vocals, Banjo Kenny Kosek Fiddle Kevin Thompson Bass (Acoustic) Lamar Grier Banjo Larry Robbins Bass Leon Morris Vocals, Guitar, Performer Leroy Mumma Fiddle Marion Post Wolcott Cover Photo Mark Schatz Bass Mike Seeger Mandolin Norman Blake Guitar Pat Enright Guitar (Rhythm), Tenor (Vocal) Paul Silvius Vocals, Banjo Pete Wernick Banjo Phyllis Boyens Vocals Rainer Maria Rilke Author, Liner Notes Randy Graham Mandolin, Vocals Randy Stewart Banjo Red Roberts Fiddle Richard Underwood Banjo Ricky Skaggs Fiddle, Baritone (Vocal), Mandolin, Tenor (Vocal) Ronnie Allen Bass Russ Barenberg Guitar Sam Bush Guitar, Violin, Mandolin Steve Stephenson Vocals, Guitar (Rhythm) Tasty Licks Performer Ted Lundy Banjo, Vocals Terry Baucom Baritone (Vocal), Fiddle Thayer Washer Vocals The Bluegrass Cardinals Performer The Johnson Mountain Boys Band The Lilly Brothers Performer The Tony Rice Unit Performer Todd Phillips Bass Tony Rice Vocals, Arranger, Guitar Tony Trischka Banjo Tracy Schwarz Fiddle Vern Williams Vocals, Mandolin Vern Williams Band Performer Warren Blair Fiddle Wes Rineer Bass Wesley Golding Vocals, Guitar